The Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions is pushing back on the requirement that interventional cardiologists report procedural volume to maintain their certification.
“SCAI shares the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Medical Specialties goal of promoting continuous professional development, valid assessment of medical knowledge and a culture of quality improvement through continuing certification,” the society wrote in the proposed position statement. “However, SCAI opposes continued use of procedural volume reporting or thresholds in any form as a condition of maintaining interventional cardiology certification … Procedural volume requirements are misaligned with modern competency frameworks that emphasize outcomes, appropriateness and performance within systems of care.”
SCAI said evidence does not support the use of operator volume, and instead said procedural competence and performance evaluation are best assessed locally through established hospital privileging, ongoing professional practice evaluation and focused professional practice evaluation processes. This would be more consistent with approaches used across comparable procedural fields.
In late August, SCAI opened public comment on its proposed position statement.
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